I love free tiers, and I am not the only one. Everyone loves free things — they’re the best thing in life, after all. But maybe we have grown too accustomed to them, to the extent that a service switching Continue reading The End Of The Free Tier
Ensuring technology is accessible and inclusive relies heavily on receiving feedback directly from disabled users. You cannot rely solely on checklists, guidelines, and good-faith guesses to get things right. This is often hindered, however, by a lack of accessible prototypes Continue reading Conducting Accessibility Research In An Inaccessible Ecosystem
In 1998, Judy Singer, an Australian sociologist working on biodiversity, coined the term “neurodiversity.” It means every individual is unique, but sometimes this uniqueness is considered a deficit in the eyes of neuro-typicals because it is uncommon. However, neurodiversity is Continue reading Using AI For Neurodiversity And Building Inclusive Tools
We rarely read on the web. We mostly scan. That’s a reliable strategy to quickly find what we need in times when we’re confronted with more information than we can handle. But scanning also means that we often skip key Continue reading F-Shape Pattern And How Users Read
Three years ago, I published “Making GraphQL Work In WordPress,” where I compared the two leading GraphQL servers available for WordPress at the time: WPGraphQL and Gato GraphQL. In the article, I aimed to delineate the scenarios best suited for Continue reading How To Work With GraphQL In WordPress In 2024
When copying text from a website to your device’s clipboard, there’s a good chance that you will get the formatted HTML when pasting it. Some apps and operating systems have a “Paste Special” feature that will strip those tags out Continue reading Converting Plain Text To Encoded HTML With Vanilla JavaScript
This article is a sponsored by DebugBear Google’s Core Web Vitals initiative has increased the attention website owners need to pay to user experience. You can now more easily see when users have poor experiences on your website, and poor Continue reading How To Monitor And Optimize Google Core Web Vitals
In a previous article, we played with CSS masks to create cool hover effects where the main challenge was to rely only on the tag as our markup. In this article, pick up where we left off by “revealing” the Continue reading Sliding 3D Image Frames In CSS
This article is a sponsored by Penpot It was less than a year ago when I first had a chance to use Penpot and instantly got excited about it. They managed to build something that designers haven’t yet seen before Continue reading Penpot’s CSS Grid Layout: Designing With Superpowers
Communication is in everything we do. We communicate with users through our research, our design, and, ultimately, the products and services we offer. UX practitioners and those working on digital product teams benefit from understanding principles of communication and their Continue reading Connecting With Users: Applying Principles Of Communication To UX Research
Remember the “mobile first” mantra? The idea was born out of the early days of responsive web design. Rather than design and build for the “desktop” up front, a “mobile-first” approach treats small screens as first-class citizens. There’s a reduced Continue reading The Things Users Would Appreciate In Mobile Apps
We all have an inherent tendency to like aesthetic and approachable things. That’s why any designer strives to deliver an intuitive and comprehensive design. And any designer knows it’s a pain in the neck, particularly when it comes to complex Continue reading Iconography In Design Systems: Easy Troubleshooting And Maintenance
When I was asked to make an auto-scrolling logo farm, I had to ask myself: “You mean, like a ?” It’s not the weirdest request, but the thought of a conjures up the “old” web days when Geocities ruled. What Continue reading Infinite-Scrolling Logos In Flat HTML And Pure CSS
New month, new wallpapers! To cater for a fresh dose of colorful inspiration on a regular basis, we embarked on our monthly wallpapers journey more than 13 years ago. It’s the perfect occasion for creatives to put their artistic skills Continue reading Colorful Blossoms And Rainy Days (April 2024 Wallpapers Edition)
I have had my fair share of projects that have given me life because of what I accomplished, as well as those that have cost me life when I reflect on the terrible stress they caused. I know I’m not Continue reading How Developers Can Strengthen Their Mental Health Amidst High-Pressure Projects
This article is a sponsored by Maze How do product teams conduct user research today? How do they leverage user insights to make confident decisions and drive business growth? And what role does AI play? To learn more about the Continue reading The Future Of User Research: Expert Insights And Key Trends
Many modern websites give users the power to set a site-specific color scheme preference. A basic implementation is straightforward with JavaScript: listen for when a user changes a checkbox or clicks a button, toggle a class (or attribute) on the Continue reading Setting And Persisting Color Scheme Preferences With CSS And A “Touch” Of JavaScript
In today’s dynamic and highly competitive market, the concept of brand experience is a key aspect of customer engagement: designers, take note. Brand experience refers to all customer interactions and engagements with a brand, encompassing various brand channels, products, services, Continue reading Crafting Experiences: Uniting Rikyu’s Wisdom With Brand Experience Principles
Building at scale is hard. With legacy, fragile systems, large impact and complex front-end architecture, making big changes to an existing site or app might feel nothing short of daunting. We might have a very motivated team, but we don’t Continue reading Now Shipping: Success At Scale, A New Smashing Book by Addy Osmani
I have been reading and following Smashing Magazine for years — I’ve read many of the articles and even some of the books published. I’ve also been able to attend several Smashing workshops, and perhaps one of the peak experiences Continue reading Sketchnotes And Key Takeaways From SmashingConf Antwerp 2023